Sam Mullins

So I said, he's got three daughters. All three of them in their teens and twenties. And as she was describing this, the female officer interviewing her furrows her brow.

Noelle, the teenager?

Noelle, the teenager?

How, in this case, is the heaviest question of all.

How, in this case, is the heaviest question of all.

Elaine had never so much as seen Noel interact with a male other than her father. And now the police told Elaine that Davis and Noel were living and presenting as a couple with kids?

Elaine had never so much as seen Noel interact with a male other than her father. And now the police told Elaine that Davis and Noel were living and presenting as a couple with kids?

And there was more. The police told Elaine that since Noel had been living in Essex raising these children, officially, on paper, she was going not by Noel Davis, but by a different name. Elaine Boyes.

And there was more. The police told Elaine that since Noel had been living in Essex raising these children, officially, on paper, she was going not by Noel Davis, but by a different name. Elaine Boyes.

Noelle and her father had arrived from Essex, and the detectives were ready to finally get some answers.

Noelle and her father had arrived from Essex, and the detectives were ready to finally get some answers.

Davis had picked a lawyer from the local directory to sit in with him during their inquiry. Traditionally, when someone in custody meets with their lawyer to discuss strategy, they do so in the designated solicitor's room. But to Davis, that was out of the question.

Davis had picked a lawyer from the local directory to sit in with him during their inquiry. Traditionally, when someone in custody meets with their lawyer to discuss strategy, they do so in the designated solicitor's room. But to Davis, that was out of the question.

Immediately, he was trying to establish a position of strength.

Immediately, he was trying to establish a position of strength.

With him smugly seated in the interview room, he remained chatty and jovial up until the exact second that they pressed the record button on the tape. And then he changed.

With him smugly seated in the interview room, he remained chatty and jovial up until the exact second that they pressed the record button on the tape. And then he changed.

Regardless, Clenahan still put the questions to him.

Regardless, Clenahan still put the questions to him.

No comment, no comment, no comment. When it was Noelle's turn to sit in the hot seat, she opted to be a different kind of uncooperative.